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Success fees can be a valuable tool to align the interests of advisers and clients, but as Partner Ed Davis and Associate Sol Gelsomino explain in an article for Banking Risk and Regulation, recent English court rulings show how easily they can become flashpoints for litigation if not clearly agreed from the outset. In high stakes deals, with parties understandably eager to get on with the deal, these fees are not always given sufficient consideration.

Lawyers from Jenner & Block’s London Office were featured in the Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales.

Lawyers from Jenner & Block’s London Office were featured in the Pro Bono Recognition List of England & Wales.

In this article, Partner Michael Ross, Special Counsel Michaela Croft, Associate Sol Gelsomino, and Discovery Attorney Pejman Yousefzadeh examine the implications of AI-driven financial tools.

In a recent decision, the Upper Tribunal dismissed an appeal by the UK Information Commissioner, finding that Experian’s data processing practices had in fact been lawful.

JUNE 22, 2023 – Jenner & Block carried on its annual tradition of honoring lawyers and business professionals for exemplary pro bono service—a core value of the firm—at its 2023 Jenner & Block Pro Bono Awards Ceremony. This year, the firm established a new award to honor the legacy of Tom Sullivan by honoring a lawyer with a career-long dedication to service, leadership, and mentorship.

On October 3, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in a federal grand jury proceeding that may result in the Court expanding the scope of the attorney-client privilege for dual-purpose business communications. Petitioner argues that the Court should adopt the test articulated in two decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which were authored by then Judge Brett Kavanagh. 

Cyber attacks are increasingly frequent and virulent. An intruder may lurk in a company’s computer system for years, or an attack may be sudden and catastrophic. Millions of people’s personal information and companies’ sensitive and proprietary data may be stolen and sold to the highest bidder. And disclosure of a breach ineluctably leads to class action and other civil litigation. 

By the close of 2021, EU data protection authorities (“DPA”) had initiated investigations into a number of US tech companies operating in Europe and further investigations are set to continue. In a recent case concerning Google and Facebook, the French DPA found that existing cookie consent mechanisms violated GDPR and significant fines were issued as a result. In another recent notable decision, the Austrian DPA scrutinised the legality of data transfers from an EU website to Google in the US,

In this article, Partner Kelly Hagedorn and Associates Sol Gelsomino and analyze the decision of the UK High Court of Justice decision in a recent data protection case, Warren v. DSG Retail Ltd. The authors examine how the decision may affect the ability of claimants in personal, low-value claims to recover after-the-event insurance premiums, and the consequent impact on the economic viability of such claims: “If claimants cannot recover ATE insurance premiums, claimant law firms are likely to b